Security officials talk at the entrance of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum as the investigation of a shooting in the museum continues June 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to reports, James van Brunn, 88, walked into the Holocaust Museum and exchanged fire with security guards, shooting one before being shot himself (AFP Photo / Alex Wong / Getty Images)
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Published 11 June, 2009, 14:02
In a recent incident, a man aged 88 opened fire inside a crowded museum in Washington DC. Investigative journalist Wayne Madsen says local law enforcement agencies do not observe carefully enough hate groups in the US.
On June 10, an 88-year-old man walked into the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC and shot dead a security guard in the popular national landmark.
It was the latest in a string of high-profile hate crimes to hit the country within a month.
U.S. President Barack Obama has condemned the shooting of the security guard at the country's Holocaust Museum.
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